Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'language' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

31 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'language' in the standard works and contain 40.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 12 minutes to read the entire list.

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Omni 1:17-18 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 18:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 36:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 13:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 1:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Esth. 8:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 9:34 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 67:5 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 11:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.




Ezek. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 8:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 1:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Moses 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 26 7 33
Gen. 4 0 4
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
Neh. 2 0 2
Esth. 5 0 5
Ps. 3 0 3
Isa. 4 0 4
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 0 2
Dan. 1 6 7
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 1 0 1
BM 38 4 42
DC 6 1 7
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 76 12 88

Gen. 11:1
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

Gen. 11:6
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Gen. 11:7
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Gen. 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.